A beastly father who reportedly shot dead his three children in Elgeyo Marakwet before he went missing on Sunday, June 9, has been killed by family.
Confirming the incident, Koibirir location Chief Alfred Lorem, while reporting to the police, confirmed that David Yano was arrested by youths from his home village on Thursday evening at Kabulwo Trading Centre in Keiyo before his relatives later descended on him at around 2.30 pm.
“He was today (Thursday) arrested today at Kobulwa in Keiyo North. His kinsmen were informed and they rushed with a motorbike and brought him to his home place in Kasige village and they killed him at 2:30 pm,” said Lorem.
The relatives reportedly shot the killer father at least six times, the number of times he shot his kids killing three on the spot as three others escaped with injuries and have been admitted at the Iten County Referral Hospital.
The body was hurriedly buried in line with the Marakwet cultural traditions on such heinous murders.
Earlier reports indicated that the alleged man committed the heinous act after a domestic conflict with his wife of many years, who was not around during the fateful shooting incident that claimed the lives of her three children.